If
you plan to travel to the battlefields independently,
perhaps have not been before, remember this advice: take
a good guide book. You will get much more out of your
visit. If all you do is go to the main sites and stick
to the main roads, you will definitely miss out on the
most interesting places and sights.
There aren't too many good guide books. This is what I
consider to be the first and still the best: Rose
Coombs "Before Endeavours Fade". A series
of routes covering the areas in which the British Army
fought in France and Flanders, describing what happened,
the sites to see and the route. |
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Recently published and a very good guide, full of photographs:
Major & Mrs Holt's "Concise
illustrated guide to the Western Front - North".
This book not only covers the British areas well but
also takes us into the areas occupied and fought over
by the French and Belgian armies.
This book was reviewed
on this site.
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Similar in style and taking us all the way down to Verdun:
Major & Mrs Holt's "Concise
illustrated guide to the Western Front - South".
This book covers the area of the Somme battlefields, one
of the most popular areas for British tourists. |
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